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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);
Richard Hulme, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Leonid M. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);
Ksenia A. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);
Scott V. Thomsen, South Lyon, MI (US);
Richard Hulme, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Leonid M. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);
Ksenia A. Landa, Brownstown, MI (US);
Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a high transmission low iron glass, which is highly oxidized and made using the float process, for use in photovoltaic devices such as solar cells or the like. In certain example embodiments, the glass composition used for the glass is made via the float process using an extremely high and positive batch redox in order to reduce % FeO to a low level and permit the glass to consistently realize a combination of high visible transmission (Lta or T), high infrared (IR) transmission, and high total solar (TS) transmission. The glass substrate may be patterned or not patterned in different example embodiments of this invention.